Pembroke_Corgi
10-16-2009, 09:54 AM
For those of you with cats and young children (or grandchildren), how do you handle their interactions?
Lyra's favorite thing is cats! But she doesn't know how to interact nicely yet and I don't want the cats getting hurt or her getting scratched. I show her how to pet nicely, but she doesn't get it yet of course.
Mostly Pippin stays clear of her because he doesn't like getting pulled on, but Des and Kiki will get really close. Lyra has managed to pull Kiki's tail pretty hard, and rip out some of Desmond's fur (he does have long, touchable fur...I can't blame Lyra for wanting to touch). So far none of the cats have tried to scratch. Des doesn't seem to care at all if he gets pulled on, and Kiki just tries to get away. They could easily avoid her if they wanted so I think they actually like her, but I do think I should be cautious. The times she has managed to grab ahold of them has happened in the blink of an eye!
Any advice? Thanks! :)
Lyra's favorite thing is cats! But she doesn't know how to interact nicely yet and I don't want the cats getting hurt or her getting scratched. I show her how to pet nicely, but she doesn't get it yet of course.
Mostly Pippin stays clear of her because he doesn't like getting pulled on, but Des and Kiki will get really close. Lyra has managed to pull Kiki's tail pretty hard, and rip out some of Desmond's fur (he does have long, touchable fur...I can't blame Lyra for wanting to touch). So far none of the cats have tried to scratch. Des doesn't seem to care at all if he gets pulled on, and Kiki just tries to get away. They could easily avoid her if they wanted so I think they actually like her, but I do think I should be cautious. The times she has managed to grab ahold of them has happened in the blink of an eye!
Any advice? Thanks! :)